Passengers Introduction - Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection

(i) Provisions on Exit and Entry Frontier inspection procedure

Outgoing and incoming passengers must submit their valid passports or other emigration/immigration certificates to the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection Station. An outgoing passenger is required to show his boarding pass and will be permitted with approval by the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection Station.

Foreign passengers are required to fill in the Foreigner Exit and Entry Frontier Registration Cards. After inspection procedure is handled, the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection Station keeps the Entry Registration Card and the passenger should take the Exit Registration Card. Foreign passengers who hold a group visa to China are not required to fill in the Foreigner Immigration Exit and Entry Frontier (Emigration) Registration Card.

(ii) Provisions on gun/ammunition immigration/emigration

Passengers carrying gun/ammunition shall apply for approval from the authority in advance and report faithfully to the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection Station and handle relevant inspection procedure.

(iii) Provisions on Exit and Entry Frontier of Chinese citizens

1. Exit and Entry Frontier of Mainland residents: A Mainland resident who is going abroad should hold a valid passport and a visa issued by the destination country (except the visa-free countries); a Mainland resident who is going to or coming back from Hong Kong or Macau should hold a valid Exit and Entry Frontier Permit to and from Hong Kong and Macau and a valid visa; a Mainland resident who is going to or coming back from Taiwan should hold a valid Exit and Entry Frontier Permit to and from Taiwan and a valid visa; a Mainland resident who is granted a tourist visa (L visa) to Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan should go through inspection together with the tourist group.
2. Exit and Entry of Hong Kong and Macau residents: Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection procedure is handled with a Home Returning Certificate for Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macau or a Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macau Residents.
3. Exit and Entry of Taiwan residents: Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection procedure is handled with a valid Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents and a valid visa or residence permit.

(iv) Provisions on Exit and Entry Frontier of foreign passengers

Incoming or outgoing foreign passengers except those who are exempt from visas should go through Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection procedure with the Chinese visas (Permanent Residence Permits or Residence Permit) for frontier inspection.

Passengers who stays in China beyond the time limit or needs to separate from the tourist group after entry for special reasons should go through relevant procedures with the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection division of local public security authority before exit.

A passenger who loses his passport in China after frontier entry should apply for a new passport from the embassy (consulate) of his country in China and go through relevant procedures with the Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection division of local public security authority before frontier exit.